18 Weird Ways To Tell If You’re Having A Boy Or A Girl

Ileana is a writer on the Original Content team. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

One of the most exciting parts of the pregnancy process is learning the gender of your baby.

Whether you wait for the doctor to tell you when you’re giving birth or if you find out during an ultrasound, it’s amazing to learn the gender of your little one.

Once you learn the gender, it’s a blast to throw a gender reveal party for all your friends and family.

Although most people find out the gender of their baby during an ultrasound appointment with their doctor, there are many old wives’ tales that claim they can tell your baby’s gender without an ultrasound!

You may have heard some of these old wives’ tales about gender from your mom or grandmother, but some of them may come as a complete surprise to you.

There are a lot of gender prediction tests, like this Chinese gender predictor, and many others. Since they’re old wives’ tales, they may not be exactly accurate, but they can definitely be fun to try if you’re expecting and don’t know the gender yet.

Read on to learn some more of these incredible gender predictor tests!

Gender Predictor #1: Skin Changes

Many pregnant women may notice changes in their skin as their pregnancy progresses.

It’s said that carrying a girl will bring out all the oil in your skin, while carrying a boy will give you drier skin.

Gender Predictor #2: Acne

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Like skin changes, one thing pregnant women may notice is a difference in their acne.

The extra oil apparently caused by carrying a girl can make you break out, while carrying a boy probably won’t change your acne.

Gender Predictor #3: The "Glow"

Laura Caseley for LittleThings

Although some people think every pregnant woman will get “the glow,” according to My Baby’s Heartbeat Bear, one of the old wives’ tales claims that only a boy will give you that lovely pregnancy “glow.”

Gender Predictor #4: Linea Nigra

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The linea nigra, which is the dark line some women get straight down their belly, can apparently be an indicator of gender.

If the line stops below your belly button, you’re said to be carrying a girl, but if the line continues above the belly button, you’re carrying a boy.